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.TH STRSIGNAL 3C "Mar 31, 2005"
.SH NAME
strsignal \- get name of signal
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <string.h>

\fBchar *\fR\fBstrsignal\fR(\fBint\fR \fIsig\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBstrsignal()\fR function maps the signal number in \fIsig\fR to a string
describing the signal and returns a pointer to that string. It uses the same
set of the messages as \fBpsignal\fR(3C). The returned string should not be
overwritten.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
The \fBstrsignal()\fR function returns \fINULL\fR if \fIsig\fR is not a valid
signal number.
.SH USAGE
.sp
.LP
Messages returned from this function are in the native language specified by
the \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR locale category. See \fBsetlocale\fR(3C).
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-Level	Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR gettext (3C),
.BR psignal (3C),
.BR setlocale (3C),
.BR str2sig (3C),
.BR attributes (7)
